Mixing and mastering have a lot of technical and theoretical aspects, and it’s not uncommon to get caught up in doing everything correctly and by the book. While knowing the rules and norms are very important in order to achieve your desired result, they are not always the answer.
Music is a very complex concept, and every song and every recording is different in various ways. There are so many factors at play that there simply can’t be rules and concepts that work every single time.
So in this post, I will go through the importance of always working in context and understanding that knowing when to use different tools is just as important as knowing the tools themselves.
